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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":34yzh82b]Looks like the Red Sox will get Victor Martinez and would need a place for Adam LaRoche to go, that's where we come in according to Internets speculation.[/quote:34yzh82b]
I had the exact same thought..
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 12:42 PM
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Wouldn't V Martinez play catcher though?
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Ceetar
Jul 31 2009 12:42 PM
Re: Adam LaRoche?
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3giwpjy1]Looks like the Red Sox will get Victor Martinez and would need a place for Adam LaRoche to go, that's where we come in according to Internets speculation.[/quote:3giwpjy1]
Does LaRoche play anywhere else? I don't know that this move would help really, not sure I really like the guy.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 31 2009 12:46 PM
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He's on the last few months of his contract, so he'd basically upgrade at first base, make Muffy a reserve, cost Sullivan or Reed a job.
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 12:46 PM
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SI reporting it's done.....they say it looks like Nick Johnson is going to the Marlins
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TransMonk
Jul 31 2009 12:49 PM
Re: Adam LaRoche?
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":sza3sla9]...a place for Adam LaRoche to go, that's where we come in according to Internets speculation.[/quote:sza3sla9]
That would put us one step closer to being the 2005 Braves.
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 12:52 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 31 2009 12:53 PM
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Cleveland C/1B Victor Martinez is on his way to Boston, SI.com has learned.
The deal is believed to include right-hander Justin Masterson and another pitcher. MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo says the other player involved is Nick Hagadone. Coveted Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz is not included in the deal, SI.com has learned. It's not going to be hard-throwing Daniel Bard because Cleveland only wants starters.
The switch-hitting Martinez made his third All-Star team this season and is hitting .284 with 15 home runs, 67 RBIs and 56 runs in 99 games. Martinez, 30, is a career .297 hitter.
This deal comes two days after the Indians traded reigning Cy Young winner Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco to the Phillies for four prospects.
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Ashie62
Jul 31 2009 12:53 PM
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LaRoche..full-time 1B...Hmmm...LaRoche vs. Muffy next year possibly..Muffy can't hit worth a crap anyway
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Edgy DC
Jul 31 2009 12:54 PM
Re: Adam LaRoche?
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="Ceetar":2tcdclyj]Does LaRoche play anywhere else?[/quote:2tcdclyj]
DH.
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Ceetar
Jul 31 2009 12:56 PM
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I'd rather Murphy than LaRoche, he doesn't really seem to be a good player.
Apparently, Tomorrow is Victor Martinez bobblehead night in Cleveland
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Gwreck
Jul 31 2009 12:58 PM
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What exactly would we be willing to give to the Red Sox? 2 sacks of baseballs? 3?
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Ceetar
Jul 31 2009 12:59 PM
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="Gwreck":1yzblum7]What exactly would we be willing to give to the Red Sox? 2 sacks of baseballs? 3?[/quote:1yzblum7]
Three?! These are commemorative Citi Field baseballs you're talking about!
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bmfc1
Jul 31 2009 12:59 PM
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Jon Heyman tweets that the Braves are looking at Adam LaRoche so don't order that Mets "LaRoche" jersey yet.
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Edgy DC
Jul 31 2009 12:59 PM
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I'm guessing a little cup of Argenis.
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Edgy DC
Jul 31 2009 01:02 PM
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Crazy thought: Castillo?
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Ceetar
Jul 31 2009 01:04 PM
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="Edgy DC":1vocdbvq]Crazy thought: Castillo?[/quote:1vocdbvq]
Because they're looking to replace the reigning MVP at 2B?
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Edgy DC
Jul 31 2009 01:05 PM
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No, I just think things are flying around and he'd end up elswhere.
(I really don't really have any idea.)
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Ceetar
Jul 31 2009 01:07 PM
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As far as surplus goes..how about we take Veritek instead of Andy?
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Edgy DC
Jul 31 2009 01:08 PM
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Big Mets fan:
<blockquote>LaRoche on Mets' Beltran: 'Zero class'
Saturday, June 06, 2009
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HOUSTON -- Adam LaRoche responded to New York Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran's comments Thursday that he was "embarrassed" at being swept in three games by the Pirates.
"I think it shows zero class and zero professionalism," the Pirates' first baseman said yesterday at Minute Maid Park. "When somebody says that, they know what they're saying, and they know it's going to get out. He knows we're not going to be real happy about it. If you go and say that to your buddies, it's one thing. If you go to the media and make that public for us to hear? Yeah, that's no class."
LaRoche paused.
"You know, if we're as bad as he says we are and we swept them, then what's that make them?"
LaRoche, the players and coaching staff read about the remark on PDAs just before their flight took off Thursday night from Pittsburgh for Houston, and it apparently was a hot topic.
Beltran's comment Thursday:
"The reality of this is coming here to Pittsburgh and getting swept, me, I feel embarrassed. I mean, we have to take this personally. It can't happen. It can't happen, us being able to come here and lose three games just like that. Three games to this team. I know they're a big-league ball club, but we're better than them."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09157/97 ... z0MrjAxYCP</blockquote>
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 01:11 PM
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If he comes then he's got to kiss Beltran's mole.
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Valadius
Jul 31 2009 01:22 PM
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LaRoche headed to Braves. Jerry Hairston Jr. headed to MFYs.
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 01:22 PM
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Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports says the Red Sox have traded 1B Adam LaRoche to the Braves.
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 01:29 PM
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According to NESN, the Braves will send 1B Casey Kotchman to Boston.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 31 2009 01:29 PM
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Like I was saying
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Edgy DC
Jul 31 2009 01:29 PM
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Hairston and LaRoche, two legacies.
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seawolf17
Jul 31 2009 01:44 PM
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What's the point of LaRoche for Kotchman? They're the same guy. I thought the whole point was to move a 1B out so they could add Martinez. Weird.
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Valadius
Jul 31 2009 01:46 PM
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Seriously, where are the Mets on Boston's glut of corner infielders?
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 01:46 PM
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="seawolf17":2cvsmpmr]What's the point of LaRoche for Kotchman? They're the same guy. I thought the whole point was to move a 1B out so they could add Martinez. Weird.[/quote:2cvsmpmr]
Probably not done trading .....
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Gwreck
Jul 31 2009 01:55 PM
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="Valadius":2uvfq6z8]Seriously, where are the Mets on Boston's glut of corner infielders?[/quote:2uvfq6z8]
What do you suggest we offer them?
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Nymr83
Jul 31 2009 01:56 PM
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Kotchman is a gap hitter with a mediocre OBP, I wouldn't really want him. his career ops+ is 98, its 105 the last 3 years, the mets need to find a way to do better than that at first base.
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Valadius
Jul 31 2009 01:57 PM
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Kotchman really isn't cut out for everyday duty, but I can see him as a Tony Clark kind of player. I don't know what we'd offer in return, though.
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metirish
Jul 31 2009 01:59 PM
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="Valadius":3f0i6m1v]Kotchman really isn't cut out for everyday duty, but I can see him as a Tony Clark kind of player. I don't know what we'd offer in return, though.[/quote:3f0i6m1v]
only if he donned an afro wig and black face.
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Frayed Knot
Jul 31 2009 02:35 PM
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So LaRoche goes from Atlanta to Pittsburgh in 2007, and then from Pitt to Boston then back to Atlanta in the span of the last 3 weeks.
He amassed all of 19 ABs w/Boston.
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Valadius
Jul 31 2009 02:40 PM
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It's like Piazza with the Marlins.
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Nymr83
Jul 31 2009 03:11 PM
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="Valadius":jimfpzg0]It's like Piazza with the Marlins.[/quote:jimfpzg0]
not really, the Red Sox likely intended to keep him around until something better came along.
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Ashie62
Jul 31 2009 07:20 PM
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="Valadius":3hjrusbx]Kotchman really isn't cut out for everyday duty, but I can see him as a Tony Clark kind of player. I don't know what we'd offer in return, though.[/quote:3hjrusbx]
Kotchman is another first baseman that can hit .280 with 10 HR..ughh
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